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We had reported about the spacing between letters being one of the tools to allow people with Dyslexia to read easier. Now there is an app in the Apple store, for free, that will help accomplish just that, the adjustment of the spacing.
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New research shows that training of the short term memory to aid problems like Dyslexia, is not working. The only thing it will do is help with the specific task that was trained but it will not improve verbal skills, attention, reading or arithmetic.
So much for all the newly developed computer programs that claim to train short term memory to help Dyslexia. The research was done by researchers from the University of Oslo and University College London and examined 23 different peer reviewed studies that support these new findings.
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Jay Leno is also suffering from Dyslexia. This is a fine example of what you can accomplish with dedication and how Dyslexia can bring the best out of people.
About 10% of the population suffers from Dyslexia but records show that among entrepreneurs 35% has Dyslexia. Another example of the creativity, dedication and endurance that Dyslectics have.
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Peggy Stern, The academy award winning celebrity, has started a project to create Dyslexia-Ville. Dyslexia-Ville will be the world wide safe haven for dyslectics and there will be a web series to support the initiative.
She has assembled a group of specialists around her to get the project going and Jay Leno, who also struggled with Dyslexia his whole life, has kindly made tickets available for top sponsors of the project.
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A new study shows that people with Dyslexia can read better when they read content on a small screen from a mobile device.
Already in the 1980s there was research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.on a related issue. The MIT cognitive scientists found dyslexics tend to have a broader visual span or peripheral vision than non-dyslexics. Participants in the 1980s study who read through a “window” cut into a piece of paper reported improved comprehension because the technique focused their attention.
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Edugamestar is a new website by the Reading and Writing Institute to help children with their Dyslexia through online reading games.
You will know the phenomenon that your child can sing every line from a lady GaGa song yet has trouble retaining other knowledge. Edugamestar tries to work that angle and engage the children with some games.
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